The USA 1917-1929

General links

Excellent general purpose revision/background notes: http://www.dhahranbritish.com/History/B7.htm

BBC Bitesize revision notes and quizes: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/usa/

Did the 20's 'Roar' or Yawn'? You decide. Some useful general info on the 20's here: http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/prog20/feature/index.html

Detailed information on specific issues in the 20's: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAevents2.htm

Detailed information on the 20's, especially good for cultural aspects (movies, fashion etc): http://www.1920-30.com/

Excellent overview notes from www.dhahranbritish.com: http://www.dhahranbritish.com/History/Omni/B7_Omni_Notes.html/index.html

Excellent site, but beware this is based on a different syllabus to the one we follow, so not all of it is relevant. Pick and choose using your unit guide:
http://www.johndclare.net/America5.htm

1920's slang, of limited use but good fun - try and use some of these words during the school day! http://local.aaca.org/bntc/slang/slang.htm

File vault for USA topics - PowerPoints, worksheets etc.



The USA and WW1

Your textbook pages 5-10 summarises this neatly.

The Roaring Twenties (textbook pages 11-16)

General overview: http://www.dhahranbritish.com/History/B7_roar20s.htm

Economic prosperity: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAprosperity.htm

Overview PowerPoint by carter333:


Interesting YouTube video looking at the arguments for and against the 20's in America being called 'Roaring': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwDDbrI1SEU

Flappers, a source from 1925 describes the 'flapper': http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/flapperjane.html

Good overview of the reasons for the 'boom' and the subsequent 'bust' in 1929. Scroll down to the PowerPoint entitled: 'Boom and Bust':
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/gcselinks/indepth/usa19191941/usa_worksheets.shtml

Advertising and consumerism

General overview: http://www.dhahranbritish.com/History/B7_advertising.htm

Mass production: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAmass.htm

BBC revise has an especially good section on consumerism: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/usa/boomrev1.shtml

New forms of entertainment

General overview: http://www.dhahranbritish.com/History/B7_entertainment.htm

Prohibition & Gangsterism (textbook pages 17-20)

General overview of prohibition: http://www.dhahranbritish.com/History/B7_prohibition.htm

General overview of gangsterism: http://www.dhahranbritish.com/History/B7_gangsterism.htm

Useful information including primary source material: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAprohibition.htm

Detailed information, especially recommended for its large collection of pro-prohibition propaganda: http://prohibition.osu.edu/

St Valentine's Day massacre: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAmassacre.htm

Good PowerPoint, with especially good part on Prohibition: http://www.slideshare.net/mrjportman/the-roaring-twenties/

Hollywood

General overview: http://www.dhahranbritish.com/History/B7_hollywood.htm